Murota announced her graduation from ANGERME and Hello! Project on January 22, 2020, to take place on March 22nd during the ANGERME Premium show of the "Hello! Project Hina Fes 2020" concerts. She apologized for the short notice in her statement, explaining that she'd already started thinking of graduating more than a year prior and only made her choice after discussing her situation with various people. She talked about how she enjoyed expressing herself, and her desire to start fresh in learning about expressiveness and to challenge herself to a wide variety of things, including music and acting.